The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-01-14
STILL UNsETTLE6.
The English Cabinet stin in a Disrupted
Conditon-NIr. Goscl.en as a Financial
FactOr-Probable Elevation OF william
Henry Smith to- the Peerage-The Liber-
ais Loolina ON CompIacentIY.

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Condition-Mr. GOsci.en as a Financial
FactOr-Probable Elevation OF william
Henry Smith to the Peerage-The Liber-
ais Looling ON COmplacentIy.
LONDON, ian. e.Zrhe reconstruction of
the Cabinet is still uncompleted. Lord
Salisbury continues to make changes and
Heterogeneous, which are exuItingly
Noted by the Gladstonian Liberals as be-
trayihg the intrinsic weakness of the gov
ernment. But since It fras become def
nitely known that Mr.. Goschen, as Chan
cellor of the EXchequer, is to be the only
Wing in the Cabinet, popular interest in
the ultimate composition of the body has
abated. The more dominant question is,
what change of policy will be brought
about by reason Of Mr.. Goschen}s presence
in the council of the government Those
familiar with the strong mentality of this
really great hnancier are freely predict
ing that, having now for the first time OBJ
tanned an opportunity to show what he can
do, he will surprise those who have hith-
erte failed to recognize adequately his
abilities. IN fact, he is exposed to
be to the Salisbury Cabinet What John
Morley was to the last Gladstone cabinet.
It is at least pretty certain that he will
have a chance to win his spurs,
if he can, as government leader,
for the tenure of Right Hon. William
Henry Smith, in that capacity is to be but
temporary. Before the close of the ses-
sion, Mr., Smith will be transferred to the
House of Lords. He preferred to remain
In the House of Commons, and in that
case would, of course, have been entitled
to the leadership; but for a war secre-
tary to lead the government ranks would
have been an awkward innovation. Pre-
cedent-which in English governmental
affairs amounts nearly to law-requires
that the leader of the Commons shall be
either the Chancellor of the Exhecquer or
the First Lord of the Treasury; and it will
he easier to elevate the War Secretary to
the peerage than to break n upon time
honored custom. Then, toe. there is no doubt
that Mr.. Goschen will strengthen Lord
Salisbury's hands, especially in his foreign
policy, and, more particularly, that part
of the foreign policy which lies in the di-
rection of the German and Austrian alli-
ance and the retentiun of English control
over Egypt. In regard to the Irish ques-
ton, Mr.. GOschen supports Lord Ash
bourne's theories. He favors settlement
of the land pro blem by the introduction
of large scheme to buy out the landlords,
but concurrently with this he would in
sist upon the severest measures in the car
rying out of existing laws, regardless of
the character of the tenants claims to
forbearance. His influence, therefore,
tends straight toward the enactment Of
another crimes bill The leading measure
for England, modified under him, will be
one in regard to local government. The
first draft of the bill on the project pre-
pared before Mr.. Goschen entered the
cabinet. certainly contained a proposal
to give the popular vote only a half rep
resentatiOn county boards, vesting the
other half in the privileged classes. Mr..
Goschen has now received Lord SaHsbury's
assent to his views in favor of making
the measure one which recognizes unmix-
ed popular representation. To sum up
Mr.. Goschen's presence in the cabinet
means the PRONUNCIATION of an absolutely
sound fiscal policy. The budget, under
the influence OF his welI-known financial
views, will be laid down the straight
est lines known to conservative finance.
No sensational figures will enter into the
estimates of the new Chancellor of the
Exchequer. He will make the most of his
knowledge of monetary affairs-and it is
almost unlimited-to strengthen the posi-
ton of the reOrganized cabinet financial
ly, and he will help to give to the country
a sound administration in those great
spending departments Of the Government,
the army and navy. His foreign policy,
like Lord Salisbury's, will be firm; his
treatment of Irish affairs, how
ever, will be dangerous; GER
5ainly dangerous to the cont1nu-
ance in power of a Tory government, for
Mr. Goschen's record is implacably op-
posed to any but the severest measures
for Ireland. Liberal Unionlsts are be-
ginning to realize the fact that Mr..
Goschen's appearance in the Tory camp
has cast a general suspicion over the whole
LiberaI-U niOnist section that as pseudo
Liberals, despite their protest, they are
bound soon to be absorbed into the Con
servative ranks. An immediate result of
this conviction has been the rapid gravita-
ton of the Radical Unionists toward Mr..
Gladstone. Had Mr.. Goschen rejected
Lord Salisbury's offer of office, the Cham
berlain-Morley conference would never
have been thought of, certainly never
have taken place. Mr. Chamber
lain's consultations with the leaders
of the National Radical Union have
disclosed an eagerness on the part of the
majority of members for Cancellation on
terms far beyond what Mr.. Chamberlain
himself was willing to concede. Mr.. Cham
berlain was prepared to go some length
toward an amiCable arrangement, no
doubt, but he was hardly ready to con
cede demands which his Union
ist colleages did not think very reason
able. In short, when notes were com
pared, Mr. mberlain found him self al
most alone in some points of opposition to
his old friends, the Liberals, and many of
HIS Iu6dS dDOub -SUlChlLl2 III GuL were EG-
ceived by his brother Observation-Disclosures
with a discouraging lukeWarmness. He
has without question been forced into his
present position by the consultation. If
the spirit and desires of the Radical-Un-
ionists were faithfully represented by
Messrs. Cham mberlain and Trevelyan at
the recent conference concerning reunion,
it is probable that the Radicals will
accept Mr.. GladstOne's Home /
Rule bill, provided the powers of the pro /
posed Irish Parliament be limited so as to I
deal with measures of domestic legisla- 1
ton, which powers shall be strictly de- I
fined by statute law. In outward seeming :
this was Mr.. Cham berlain's position when 4
le was in utter opposition to Mr.. Glad Z
stone, but the compromise is to be looked /
Tor in the wide sphere to be assigned to +
he Irish Parliament in the matter Of (
legislation. The difference between the I
fladstonians and the Radical-U Unionists
becomes a matter of mere words if the 4
irish Parliament be given ample power in /
domestic affairs, specifically defined /
lY statute, instead of the I
privilege embodied in the Glad
stone bill, which left the Irish legis-
ature in full control except where its
lrerogrative was limited by clauses which
specifically defined the matters upon
vhlch it might not pass.
A stormy Conference.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The United Labor
,arty's conference last night was stormy
flair, and lasted until three o'clock this